In a major victory for a green, clean energy future, Duke Energy has elected to pull the plug on its proposed Levy County nuclear project. PSR has led the efforts against this dangerous, expensive reactor. This is just a day after French nuclear giant Electricite de France (EDF) announced plans to pull out of the US nuclear market, just another sign that the 'nuclear renaissance' is a fallacy.
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During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs decimating the cities of Hiroshima (August 6th) and Nagasaki (August 9th) in Japan. Within months of the two attacks, over 200,000 died with many more affected by blast injuries and radiation. We will not forget what happened. As we commemorate this event during the month of August, we will also take action so that history never repeats itself.
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Dr. Ira Helfand met with members of the Knesset and other leaders in Israel to present new findings on the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons. As a nuclear weapons state, Israel plays a key role in negotiations over a weapons of mass destruction free zone in the Middle East as well as ongoing efforts to abolish nuclear weapons. In this video clip, Dr. Helfand and MK Feiglin debated about several issues related to the pursuit of a world free of nuclear weapons.
U.S. law provides virtually no assurance that the manufactured products you buy are free from toxic chemicals. Quite the contrary: A huge number of products we use contain (and emit) toxins. Now a bill has been introduced in Congress to provide protection. But does it really protect us? Are the terms of the “Chemical Safety Improvement Act” in fact too weak? Read what leading chemical policy advocacy organizations say in our latest Environmental Health Policy Institute.
Read more »The nuclear weapons danger is real and growing: nuclear terrorism, proliferation, and thousands of weapons still on hair-trigger alert in the United States and Russia. Fortunately, there also are new opportunities to eliminate this threat.
Read More »Toxics and global warming create pervasive threats to health. PSR responds via chemical policy reform, climate policy advocacy, practitioner education, and “Code Black,” a campaign to reduce pollution and global warming.
Read More »The Safe Energy program focuses on protecting public health, taxpayer dollars, and national security by preventing the construction of expensive, dirty, and dangerous new nuclear reactors.
Read More »A letter to the editor from PSR/Florida President Dr. Lynn Ringenberg.
Source: Tampa Bay TimesDuke Energy is scuttling plans for a nuclear power facility in the state. Duke Energy has been charging nuclear cost recovery fees for the planned $24.7 billion plant in Levy County. Through these fees, Duke customers have paid $1.5 billion for the Levy County plant so far.
Source: Bay News 9Florida PSR and the Florida League of Conservation Voters, in honor of Earth Day and respect for our Mother, are bringing attention to the dangers of hydraulic fracturing.
This film about the environmental & health hazards of fracking is even more powerful than Gasland I.
Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user-friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health. Read more »
Dr. Yolanda Whyte's Comments to EPA
Yolanda Whyte, MD, a Board member of PSR Florida. These are her comments before an EPA hearing on water pollution from coal plants on July 9, 2013. Read more »
Thank You for supporting us in 2012!
In 2012, we saw members and chapters across the country work together to make a difference. Watch this video to see some of the scenes from our expert tours, testimony, Facebook chats and media outreach. Read more »
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